Necktie holder



Aug. 27, 1946; 7 M. PUMPSJI 2,406,400

-NECKTIE HOLDER Filed Nov. 4, 1944 Patented Aug. 27, 1946 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE a N ECKTIE HOLDER- MyerPumps, Washington, 13.0.-A'pplication November 4, 1944, SerialN o. 561,979'

.1 -Thisinventionrelates to holders and more particularly to a holderespecially adapted for use as a necktie holder, it being understood thatwhile it is especially useful as a holderfor a necktie it is notrestricted to such use.

' At thepresent time it is customary to secure a necktie against thefront of a shirt by a clip which straddles the necktie and th portion ofthe shirt having button holes formed therein but such fasteners havebeen found unsatisfactory .since they often slip out of proper positionacross the necktie and also are liable to become detached and lost.

Therefore one object of the invention is to provide a holder so formedthat when it is applied a portion'may engage through abuttonhole of theshirt and thus held in a desired position across a necktie and veryeffectively prevented from being accidentally disengaged from the shirtand becoming lost.

Another object of the invention is to provide a holder formed from asingle strip or strand of material so bent that it has a portion forengaging a tie and an auxiliary portion or clip for engaging through abuttonhole of a shirt and gripping the shirt so that it willfrictionally resist detachment of the holder from the shirt.

Another object of the invention is to provide a holder which may havegripping engagements with a shirt but fit loosely about a tie and thusnot crease or otherwise mar the tie, and allowing total freedom ofmovement to the wearer.

Another object of the invention is to provide the holder with ashirt-engaging portion so formed that while it will securely hold thedevice in engagement With the shirt it may be easily disconnected whenit is desired to remove it.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tie holder which issimple in construction and capable of being manufactured at small costand using materials that are inexpensive and not restricted because ofthe war emergency.

Another object of the invention is that because this invention does notrequire materials having strong gripping power or resilience, suchmaterials as Lucite or the various plastics, may be used.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein: s

Fig. 1 is a view showing a holder of the improved construction in use.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is a front view of a modified form of holder.

1= Claim. (CI. 24-49) Fig.4 a View looking down upon the holder showriinFi'gurelil- I g i 'Fig.- 5 is a -front view of another modified formofholder; I i

Fig-. fiisfa-top view of Figure-5 l i The improved holder-* illustratedin Figuresd' and 2: is formed from a continuous strip ofresilientmaterial whichmay be metal o'r other suitabl material. Thisstrip isbe'nt in spaced relationto its endsto form anelongated loop" Iineluding a front member 2 merging intocurved end portions 3' and 4 fromwhich extend rear arms 5 and 6'.' 'I'l iese re'ar' arms are of suchlength that they overlap, as shown in Figure 2; and the free: end'portion of arm 5 is bent back upon itself to form clip I which is curvedlongitudinally so that itsintermed-iate portion will firmly grip thepleat or edge portion 8 of a shirt 9' through which buttonholes I 0 arformed to accomm'odatethe buttons H the clip willl-"iave its freeend-spaced from the arm 5 and may beeasily When this holder is appliedto a shirt for use the free end of the arm 5 carrying clip 1 is firstpassed through the buttonhole of the shirt, the arm 6 beingv disposedunder portion 8 of the shirt during this operation. After the clip 1 hasbeen movedentirely through the buttonhole and to a position beyond thefree side edge of pleat 8 the holder is shifted longitudinally in anopposite direction and the free side edge portion of the pleat engagedunder the clip so that this portion of the shirt will be gripped betweenthe clip 1 and the portion of the arm 5 overlapped by the clip. Theshirt will thus be gripped and the holder firmly held to the shirt. Thetie l3 may then be passed through the loop I between the front bar andthe rear arms thereof and the tie will be held against the shirt asshown in Figure 1.

If so desired, the holder may be turned to a posi tion in which itextends diago'nallyand the frictional grip of the clip 1 will hold thedevice in the adjusted position. Even if th holder should be caught anddrawn away from the outer side edge of the pleat 8 to such an extentthat the clip 1 nolonger grips the shirt there will be no danger of theholder being lost since the arcuate end portion 3 of the holder willthen be passing through the buttonhole and the holder will be,

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l necessary to draw upon the holder until the clip 1 is detachedfrom thepleat and reverse longitudinal movement of the holder to move th clip 1and free end portion of arm through the buttonhole and the pleat, theholder will then be dis- ,posed between the overlapped portions of thearms 5 and 6 aridthe holder may bEslid out of turned longitudinally sothat the front'baf 2, the end portion 4 and the arm -6 may-be;slipped 1through the buttonhole and the device easily dej tached from the shirt.1 Y 1 t In Figures 3 and 4 there has beenillustrated j a holder ofmodified construction Wherein afront bar M, a rear arm l5, and acurVedsndDQrtion IBVa're' formed from a single strip ofresilient ma- Thefree end portion of the rear,,,arrn I5 isvbent back upon itself to f01m'a,f clip I1 I connected with the arm by a curved portion 18 constitutinga spring for-the clip and also 3 forming the arm with a blunt'free endso. that If so desired the 4 passed between the front bar and the chain.If the clip should slip out of engagement with the shirt the weight ofthe bar I4 will cause the holder to swing downwardly and be suspended bythe curved portion [6 engaging through the buttonh'ole.

Another holder of modified construction is shown in Figures 5 and 6. Inthis embodiment of the invention the bar 2], arm 22, curved portion 23and crimped clip 24 are formed from a single strip of resilientmaterial, this construc- "tion being the same as shown in Figure 4.Instead of providing a chain for extending across a necktie there hasbeen provided an elongated loop 25 which is of approximately the samelength 'as'the front bar 2| but greater width, a slot 26 beingformed-longitudinally of the front wall it may be readily passed throughajbuttonhole of a shirt. Since the clipis crimped, ,as shown in Figure4, it may havegood gripping engagement'with the-pleat of the shirt. Achain l9 extends longitudinally of the bar l4 in front thereof and hasits end links enga ed through eyes 20 to suspend the chain inifront ofbar, 14 in such position that the necktie may be passed between the barand the chain. When this form of holder is in use the arm l5 and theclip H are; passed through the buttonhole of the, shirt and movement ofthe holder then reversed'so that the shirt will be gripped'between theclip and t the; arm and the holder firmly mounted across i the shirtpleat in position for the necktie to be ofthe loop so that when anecktie is passed through the loop a portion will show through the slot.This slot may-be omitted if so desired and also the loop may beornamented in any desired manner. 7 v I Having thus described theinvention, what is claimed is: 1

In anecktie holder or the like, a front mem ber merging into a curvedend portion to form a loop, an arm formed integrally with said endportion and extendin rearwardly of said front member, spaced entirelytherefrom and substantially parallel therewith, to approximately thecentral part of said member, a clip element extending from the end ofsaid arm, formed integrally with said arm and extending toward the saidcurved end portion substantially parallel with said arm withinsaid loopwhereby to provide'a means forholdin an end of a necktie in place on awearer, said arm being adapted for insertion through a buttonhole of theshirt of a wearer of saidholder and said clip bein adapted to retainsaid holder in said buttonhole against accidental displacement.

- MYER PUMPS.

